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Not a powerhouse, but fun to use. Recursive direct damage in blue and black.
Great flavour with a bonus of showing that shuriken were not only star-shaped.

Stupid sideboard time:
Who's shuriken throwing ninja's best friend against other ninja? Amoeboid Changeling!

The epitome of top-down design. The card looks weird until you realize: It's a weapon your creature can throw at your opponent's guys. If they do, your opponent can pick it up and use it against you UNLESS A SNEAKY NINJA WAS THROWING IT. Then he reclaims the shuriken for further use. That is so awesome I don't even care about the card's power level.

Both of you are so right, this card drips with flavour. Late game combos with this are hilarious if you have enough mana.

funny as hell card

unfortunately it's rather weak

Wouldn't it be called a "Kunai" instead?

I'm so Vorthos that I absolutely cannot play a ninja deck without playing these!

Further proof that ninja are bada$$
And yeah, shuriken are ninja stars like the expansion symbol. Kunai means throwing knife. Still, awesome card.

This card is great for clearing the field of enemy's in order to make way for cards like Mistblade Shinobi.
By using this against the same enemy multiple times, you can quickly make up for its weak attack power.

I used this on my Brother a few months back when he stopped by to visit, hes been playing for about 4 years longer than me, and even his jaw dropped at the speed I took out his monsters. (ok so he laughed and called me a few choice words, but still.)

*sniker* it a picture of kunai

This has to be one of the biggest art/name fails in the history of Magic; "shuriken" are throwing stars. If you want throwing knifes "kunai" is the right word to use.

That being said, this card has excellent flavor, and it's not half bad either. 2 mana, tap a ninja: deal 2 damage to any creature. This could be useful to clear the way for Ink-Eyes or other strong ninjas that you might have in your deck.

If only the name was right ... Man, if I had any I might even consider crossing out the original name and write "Kunai" next to it. When/if Wizards do a new take on the Kamigawa block (as they're doing with Scars), I for one hope for a reprint of Shuriken, only it's named Kunai instead... and don't they dare printing it with throwing stars in the art ...

Undoubtedly flavor is this cards strongsuit. But consider the implications! You can use the equip ability to move Shuriken from one creature to another and then throw it in response to the equip! Your opponent gains control of Shuriken and then Shuriken becomes attached to your creature! You get an extra ping and could could even hit your own creature to gain control again!

Guys, this IS a shuriken. Not all shuriken are frikkin himashuriken (flat, pinwheel types). And this is NOT a kunai. Kunai are not throwing knives but instead are gardening tools that were used as a close range weapon. Manga/anime generally do not have accurate representations of what these tools looked like and artists often borrow from each other rather than relying on historical sources. So stop bashing the art or the name! Thanks.

i only wish its activated ability cost one mana instead of tapping the creature. that way your ninja can throw it while its attacking to get rid of a potential blocker.

K so my buddy was throwing these stupid shuriken at me and he believed that he could have like 2 or 3 equipped to one ninja and with one tap, all of the shuriken are thrown at once rather than just one. I don't think he's right and I just wanted to see what the consensus because I can't find anywhere that says specifically one way or the other.

A ninja in the hand is better than two on the battlefield.

A ninja in the hand is a wonderful thing, piggybacking on another creature's evasion abilities, bouncing a creature which can be cast again for combo potential, taking your opponent by surprise and committing a delightful act of sabotage.

A ninja on the battlefield is a sad affair, out in the open with no inherent way to infiltrate enemy lines, and power and toughness scores insufficient to force their way through or defend their master. Left twiddling their thumbs, they can either throw away their lives on a pointless chump-block or wait for their champion to lead them to victory.

A ninja puts idle hands to good use with shuriken. At best, complete and utter devastation of the opposition's ranks; at worst, a chump-block becomes a trade.

A ninja deck needs ninja. A ninja deck needs cheap evasive creatures to propogate ninja. But with only these, many resources will be wasted. Shuriken provides an outlet for extra mana and wayward ninja in times of stagnation, and this can make all the difference.

I love it very flavorful!

@Kevvyb You are right you can't tap for multiple tap effects.

Activation cost is a bit prohibitive, but this allows your ninjas to clear opposing creatures without requiring something unblockable to assist for ninjutsu

Of course without ninjas, this is very hard to use and can backfire since your opponent takes control of the equipment

3.5/5

one of the most flavorful cards i've ever seen. considering that the card pretty much follows the real world. you throw the shuriken, the opponent picks it up to throw at you, unless you're a sneaky ninja
so freakin cool

@Kevyyb ur question has already been answered, I figured I'd explain why...when your buddy activates the cost on the first one (can't do them all at once, things don't happen simultaneously), the tap is part of the cost...it's done even before the ability resolves. Your buddy can try to respond by using another shuriken, but the creature will already be tapped, and the cost can't be paid. If it wasn't a cost, but said :shuriken deals 2 damage, blah blah blah, then tap creature: it wouldn't be a cost, and wouldn't happen until the ability resolved...and he could respond with the others. As it is, He can only use one at a time.

I can't help but giggle whenever I read this card. Say what you will, Kamigawa is just about the most flavorful set of Magic to date.

If you control Leonin Shikari and a Shuriken, you can unattach and reequip Shuriken as much as your mana allows you before your opponent gains control of it.

I run this in a multiplayer deck with no Ninjas. You just chuck it out onto the board and watch it bounce around between opponents, it's great!

Creatures with Changeling are suspiciously adept with ancient Oriental weapons.

Remember that you can reequip it to another ninja immediately and use it again, provided you have other ninjas to use. That makes it much more powerful -- it functionally gives all your ninjas , tap to do 2 damage as a sorcery, so in the late game they can take down very big things.

In my opinion it's still a bit clunky to use, though.

This is a great card for ninjas in training - believe it!